" Lui!"
The coachman dragged out his voice and pulled the reins. The carriage pulled by the horse stopped on a flat terrain.
"Why did you stop?"
Guan Zhong lifted the curtain of the carriage and asked with a slight frown.
" Master," the coachman replied with a bitter face," we've asked all the villagers nearby along the way, but no one has heard of a mountain called Yunmeng within a hundred miles.”
"You…Did you remember wrongly?”
Guan Zhong shook his head slowly when he heard the coachman's careful words.
" No," he said in a low voice." Although I haven't been here for sixty years, I'm very sure that the Cloud-Dream Mountain must be in the Peach Blossom Land nearby."”
"But Master, there is no place called Peach Blossom Land nearby. Could it be that the place you are looking for is a paradise?”The coachman said helplessly.
Peach Blossom Land and Cloud-Dream Mountain were both immortal realms?
Guan Zhong could not help but fall into silence after hearing the horse groom's words.
He frowned and pondered for a while. Then, he suddenly realized something and laughed.
"Hahaha, so that's how it is!”Guan Zhong muttered to himself in a low voice," For an immortal figure like Master, the place where he lives should naturally be the Celestial Realm. Since it's the Celestial Realm, how can the secular people who are tainted by karma easily set foot in it?”
"What did you say?
Guan Zhong waved his hand and said nonchalantly,""It's nothing. You can go back first. The boxes on the carriage are filled with gold and silver. You can take those things and find a place to live.”
As he spoke, Guan Zhong leaned out of the carriage and pretended to walk down. Seeing this, the coachman quickly reached out to help him.
"Old Master, if I was greedy for gold and silver, I wouldn't have helped you deceive the king! The mountain road here is rugged, and your legs are inconvenient. Why don't we go back instead of looking for that Cloud-Dream Mountain?”
Guan Zhong only shook his head slowly. With a wave of his hand, he took off a jade seal hanging from his waist and threw it on the ground.
The seal flipped over, revealing four large words at the bottom-Qi Xiang Jing Zhong!
Under the puzzled gaze of the coachman, he looked up at the distant mountains, but his gaze seemed to have landed on an even further place.
He muttered to himself,"Today, I've already thrown away all my worldly past and am all alone. Master, please show me the way!"”
Wang Xu, who was in the mystic realm and watching all of this from afar, curled his lips into a faint smile. He immediately pointed at the void.
On the mountain road, a strong wind suddenly blew. In the sky, thick dark clouds began to gather in an instant. The strong wind swept over from the sky. For a moment, the horses neighed, and the horse coachman could not open his eyes from the flying sand and stones.
"Thank you, Master." Guan Zhong said in a low voice.”
The raging wind swept past, and Guan Zhong's figure instantly disappeared.
Peach Blossom Land, Cloud-Dream Peak.
Guigu 'zi and Wang Xu, dressed in white, stood on the edge of the cliff with their hands behind their backs.
Looking at his master's back, Guan Zhong trembled and wanted to kneel down, but was stopped by Wang Xu's words.
"You're already old, there's no need to bow anymore.”
His voice carried an unquestionable tone, causing Guan Zhong's heart to tremble. His body immediately stopped, and an invisible force directly helped him up.
"Thank you, Master."
Guan Zhong looked at Wang Xu, who was slowly turning around, and could not help but say in confusion.
"It's been sixty years, but I didn't expect Master to still be the same. He's still so young and enviable. He's really like an immortal from heaven!”
Wang Xu smiled faintly and did not comment.
"You're very punctual. From the time you left the mountain to today, sixty years have passed. Not a day more, not a day less.”
Guan Zhong said in fear and trepidation,"I didn't dare to disobey Master's instructions. Moreover, if it wasn't for Master saving me, I'm afraid I would have been involved in the internal strife of Qi State and would not have ended well.”
Wang Xu nodded slightly." That's not bad. If you had left a step later, you would have ended up like the former overlord of Spring and Autumn, becoming a place for maggots to live.”
What was that?
Maggots!
Guan Zhong's body trembled when he suddenly heard his lord's ending. Then, a huge wave of sorrow and realization surged in his heart.
The leader of the overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi, whom he had devoted his whole life to assisting, was such a talented and magnificent lord. Would he die in such a cowardly way?
How pathetic!
At the same time, Guan Zhong's gaze towards Wang Xu was filled with unprecedented admiration and even a hint of…fear?
As if he understood the hidden charm in his eyes, Wang Xu smiled and said indifferently,"I have something for you to do. Are you willing?”
"However, according to Master's instructions, if not for Master's kindness in teaching me back then, how could I, Guan Zhong, have left a speck of ink in this vast river of history? "It can be said that the reason why I can be where I am today is actually because of you, Master!”
Guan Zhong looked at Wang Xu with eyes full of gratitude, not faking it at all!
At this moment, even if Wang Xu asked him to jump off the cliff, he would not even frown!
"I'll go through fire and water!"
"Really?" Wang Xu said lightly.
"Really!"
Looking at the determined look on Guan Zhong's face, Wang Xu could not help but laugh.
"There's no rush. You still have 22 years of life. It won't be too late for you to be the tomb guardian of my Peach Blossom Land after a hundred years.”
Twenty-two years of lifespan?
Now that he was 78 years old, with his 22 years of lifespan, wouldn't it be exactly 100 years?
However, what was the guardian of the mystic realm that his master mentioned?
Guan Zhong looked at his master Wang Xu curiously.
Without waiting for him to ask, Wang Xu had already explained for him,"This place is called Peach Blossom Spring. Although it is in the human world, it is hidden from the world and is not observed by outsiders.”
"Secret realm?" Guan Zhong couldn't help but repeat the word.
Wang Xu nodded." That's right. The so-called mystic realm is a place that is not in the three worlds and is outside the five elements.”
" In the ancient times, countless secret realms appeared one after another. The entire land was filled with vigorous spiritual energy. However, Yin and Yang continued to cycle, giving birth to unknown results with unknown causes. For some reason, a catastrophe of heaven and earth was born. All living beings in the ancient times were wiped out, and even the secret realms that were left behind in the human world were slowly devoured by the catastrophe.”
"And the responsibility of the tomb guardians is to guard the mystic realm of this world and not be detected by the Heavenly Dao.”" The Apocalyptic Tribulation will return to the human world one day in two thousand years, and all lives will be plunged into misery! At that time, these mystic realms would be the most crucial place to resist the Heaven Defying World Change.”
Apocalyptic Heavenly Tribulation!
Life was in misery!
Guan Zhong's body trembled violently. In a flash, he seemed to have imagined the terrifying scene of the apocalyptic tribulation descending on the human world. The sky was on fire, the earth collapsed, and the people were displaced and in unbearable pain!
The terrifying scene of a vast expanse of land between heaven and earth made Guan Zhong shudder violently and suddenly come back to his senses.
"Master, what can I do?”
Wang Xu looked at Guan Zhong, but his gaze seemed to have landed on an extremely distant place, and his voice sounded like a sigh.
"When you are a hundred years old, I will build a tomb for you at the entrance of the Peach Blossom Land. I will bury your soul in this tomb and protect you in front of this secret realm with an indestructible soul body!”
Wang Xu took a deep breath." In this way, even if the Heavenly Dao hides this mystic realm, it will not disappear from the world. There will always be a moment when it will see the light of day again.”
Guan Zhong's expression was calm." To be able to help Master's great wish, Guan Zhong is very fascinated. But when can I see Master again?"”
Wang Xu smiled." This is a heavenly secret. However, when the great tomb sees the light of day again, it will be the time for us to reunite."”
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